Upper Salt Fork Drainage District v. DiNovo

PRESIDING JUSTICE APPLETON

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, the Upper Salt Fork Drainage District, petitioned the trial court for an increase in its annual maintenance assessment. Some landowners objected. In a bench trial, the trial court found that the District had proved its need for an increase, but because the District did not provide enough information about the structures it intended to build in the ditch, the court authorized a lesser amount of increase than the District had requested. The District appeals. We do not find the judgment to be against the manifest weight of…